Military Records

GAGenWeb Archives

This site has many military records, including Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, 1883 Pension List (early wars), Indian Wars, Mexican War, Spanish American War, WWI, WII, Korea, and Vietnam.

Civil War (alphabetical listing)

• Military histories of individuals who had connections to Lamar County
• 1907 Census of Civil War Veterans and Widows of Pike County, Georgia
• Aiken, South Carolina, Confederate Grave Registry -- click on the memorials page.  (Many of these men were from Georgia but are buried in Aiken County.)
• American Civil War Homepage
• Civil War Letter of William Thomas Fincher of Pike County, Georgia
   (Lists men from Upson and Pike wounded in Battle of Kolb's Farm)
• Civil War Prisoner/Prison Research Site -- Be sure to contribute to this site if you have an ancestor who was imprisoned by either side during the war
• Civil War Through the Eyes of a Common Soldier
  (as told in the letters of Joseph Travis Fincher of Pike County, Georgia)
• Confederate Cemetery, Barnesville, Georgia
• Confederate Roll of Honor, created by Act of 22 November 1862
• Fincher collection of Civil War letters, Pike County, Georgia -- under construction
• Georgia Department of Archives and History has begun putting online Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges; Confederate Muster Rolls; and Confederate Pension Records (some of which have never been microfilmed).  All online records are fully indexed and easily searched!
• Georgia Military Records
• Georgia USGenWeb Archives, State Military Files
• Georgia State Line (1st & 2nd Regiments of "Joe Brown's Army")
• Georgia Units in the Civil War
• Lamar County Historical Markers (includes several Civil War markers)
• Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (1894 - 1922) -- entire 130 volume set online at Cornell University -- you can search or browse by volume
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (1880 - 1901)
• Point Lookout, Maryland (Union Prison Camp -- many Georgia soldiers were incarcerated here).
  

• Lamar County Fallen Heroes, WWI
• World War I Civilian Draft Registration cards

World War II

• Lamar County Fallen Heroes, WWII

Korean War

• Lamar County Fallen Heroes, Korea
• National Archives Korean Casualties Site -- dedicated to U.S. military personnel who died from hostile action in the Korean War, 1950-1957

Vietnam

• Lamar County Fallen Heroes, Vietnam
  • Section One
  • Section Two

Miscellaneous Records

• Bob Fisher's Military Page -- Bob has lots of military links.
• Georgia Military Records
• Lamar County's Memorial to It's Fallen Heroes, from World War I and II, and Vietnam
• National Cemeteries and Veteran Burials
• Civilian Conservation Corps -- althought this is not military-related, you might find some helpful information about a relative who served in this group during the depression years. Write to:
  National Archives and Records Administration
  National Personnel Records Center
  Civilian Personnel Records
  111 Winnebago St.
  St. Louis, MO 63118
  Be sure to include as much information as you can:  i.e., SS#, death certificate or other proof that the individual is deceased, camp # if known, camp location if known. You should receive copies of all of the CCC records, listing next of kin, address, place & date of birth, education level, job assignments, signatures on enlistment records, location of the camp, and discharge information.  This service is FREE!

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